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Apple recalls almost 2 million batteries

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Apple today announced that it was recalling 1.8 million lithium-ion Sony batteries used in notebook models including the iBook G4 and 12- & 15-inch PowerBook G4. MacNN has the details:

Batteries that shipped with 12-inch iBook G4 laptops eligible for a free replacement under the recall display a model number of A1061, with serial numbers: ZZ338 through ZZ427, 3K429 through 3K611, and 6C510 through 6C626.

 

12-inch PowerBook G4 notebook owners eligible for a free replacement under the recall must possess a battery with model number A1079, displaying a serial number falling within ZZ411 through ZZ427 or 3K428 through 3K611.

 

Batteries that shipped with 15-inch PowerBook G4 notebooks eligible for a free replacement under the recall display model numbers of A1078 and A1148, with serial numbers: 3K425 through 3K601, 6N530 through 6N551, and 6N601.

 

Apple estimates roughly 1.1 million faulty battery packs were sold in the U.S., with another 700,000 sold outside the country.

 

Apple is suggesting users remove the recalled batteries and contact the company to arrange for a free replacement, free of charge. Users requiring the use of their systems are advised to plug their laptops into the AC adapter until a replacement battery arrives.

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Takuro

Apple's now joined Dell and Lenovo in the largest consumer electronics recall to date. I think Sony should have to pay up for being the ones that provided them with the bad batteries. Although it seemed comical at first, this issue is forcing me to hold off a while before I buy an notebook for college.

 

Then again, I can always lug around my semi-portable Apple II console. It's old, but at least it's dependable.

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Apple's now joined Dell and Lenovo in the largest consumer electronics recall to date. I think Sony should have to pay up for being the ones that provided them with the bad batteries. Although it seemed comical at first, this issue is forcing me to hold off a while before I buy an notebook for college.

 

Then again, I can always lug around my semi-portable Apple II console. It's old, but at least it's dependable.

 

Why? I always quote the age old statistic that you are more likely to die in a car crash than to have your house burn down from an overheating battery. You still drive in cars right? Moreover the problem is less that there were mistakes with making them and more that they are Lithium Ion batteries. Lithium is rather volitale after all...

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gwprod12

I think it's funny that when it was just Dell, the comment of the day was "God, Dell is so stupid, HAHAHA", but when it turns out Apple is involved, it's all silence and "Too bad".

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